Thursday, February 21, 2008
Urban Rides
Extreme machines of the urban hip-hop kind at a custom car show in Florida, USA (part 14 of 19).
Ice Hotel in Sweden
Here is a selection of images of the Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, including the Art Suites created by artists from around the world. The temporary hotel is created from snow and ice each winter.
Discover the arctic ice hotel in Kiruna, Sweden with Ashley & Leasa. During our February visit it was -35C. Awesome!
An ice hotel is a temporary hotel made up entirely of snow and sculpted blocks of ice. They are promoted by their sponsors and have special features for travelers who are interested in novelties and unusual environments, and thus are in the class of destination hotels. Their lobbies are often filled with ice sculptures, and food and beverages are specially chosen for the circumstances.
All of the ice hotels are reconstructed every year, and are dependent upon constant sub-zero temperatures during construction and operation. The walls, fixtures, and fittings are made entirely of ice, and are held together using a substance known as snice, which takes the place of mortar in a traditional brick-built hotel.
The ice hotel near the village of Jukkasjärvi, Kiruna, Sweden was the world's first ice hotel. In 1989, Japanese ice artists visited the area and created an exhibition of ice art. In Spring 1990, French artist Jannot Derid held an exhibition in a cylinder-shaped igloo in the area. One night there were no rooms available in the town, so some of the visitors asked for permission to spend the night in the exhibition hall. They slept in sleeping bags on top of reindeer skin - the first guests of the "hotel."
The entire hotel is made completely out of ice blocks taken from the Torne River - even the glasses in the bar are made of ice. The hotel has more than 80 rooms and suites, a bar, reception area and church. The hotel only exists between December and April. Each room is unique and the architecture of the hotel is changed each year, as it is rebuilt from scratch.
Discover the arctic ice hotel in Kiruna, Sweden with Ashley & Leasa. During our February visit it was -35C. Awesome!
An ice hotel is a temporary hotel made up entirely of snow and sculpted blocks of ice. They are promoted by their sponsors and have special features for travelers who are interested in novelties and unusual environments, and thus are in the class of destination hotels. Their lobbies are often filled with ice sculptures, and food and beverages are specially chosen for the circumstances.
All of the ice hotels are reconstructed every year, and are dependent upon constant sub-zero temperatures during construction and operation. The walls, fixtures, and fittings are made entirely of ice, and are held together using a substance known as snice, which takes the place of mortar in a traditional brick-built hotel.
The ice hotel near the village of Jukkasjärvi, Kiruna, Sweden was the world's first ice hotel. In 1989, Japanese ice artists visited the area and created an exhibition of ice art. In Spring 1990, French artist Jannot Derid held an exhibition in a cylinder-shaped igloo in the area. One night there were no rooms available in the town, so some of the visitors asked for permission to spend the night in the exhibition hall. They slept in sleeping bags on top of reindeer skin - the first guests of the "hotel."
The entire hotel is made completely out of ice blocks taken from the Torne River - even the glasses in the bar are made of ice. The hotel has more than 80 rooms and suites, a bar, reception area and church. The hotel only exists between December and April. Each room is unique and the architecture of the hotel is changed each year, as it is rebuilt from scratch.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Harrier Ejection
A demonstration at the Lowestoft Seefront Air fesival goes very badly. The pilots ejects, and brakes his ankle landing right on top of his aircraft. ( luckely it was an o... More»ver-water mishap, or he wouldt have landed right in the fireball).
Bullet For My Valentine "All These Things I Hate"
Bullet For My Valentine
"All These Things I Hate" Video
From The Album "The Poison"
Directed by Scott Winig & Tony Petrosian
The opening song is Bullet For My Valentine - "My Fist, Your Mouth, Her Scars" availabe on the Trustkill Takeover Volume II Comp.
Interesting Billboard Ads
Here are a few billboards, some of which are just funny & hilarious, some are having amazing illusion effects (beautiful timing & precise moment of taking these photos) & well, some are just simple billboards that are trying to advertise their products with a clear & attractive idea.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Frozen Grand Central
over 200 people freeze in place on cue in Grand Central Station in New York.
This is one of over 70 different missions Improv Everywhere has executed over the past six years in New York City. Others include the No Pants Subway Ride, the Best Buy uniform prank, and the famous U2 Rooftop Hoax, to name a few. Visit the website to see tons of photos and video of all of our work, including behind the scenes information on how this video was made.
http://www.improveverywhere.com
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